Kurzus nemzetközi vendég- és részidős hallgatóknak
- Kar
- Bölcsészettudományi Kar
- Szervezet
- BTK Filozófia Intézet
- Kód
- BMI-LOTD17-206E.01
- Cím
- Tudományfilozófia 2.: Okozati összefüggés
- Tervezett félév
- Tavaszi
- ECTS
- 3
- Nyelv
- en
- Oktatás célja
- General aim of the course: What does causation consist in, and, depending on the possible answers, what are the basic characteristics of a causal relationship? -- this is the main topic of the lecture course. We shall also discuss the most important contexts of causality: the relationship of causality to concepts of explanation, law-like regularity, statistical correlation, time, modality, and logical inference. Our considerations will be based on the analysis of the causal narratives in our scientific, first of all, physical theories; rather than our every day experiences or common sense intuition. Grading criteria, specific requirements: Oral exam from the material of the lectures. Video records and the slides of the lectures will be available. Required reading: Causation, Oxford Readings in Philosophy, E. Sosa and M. Tooley, eds., Oxford University Press (1997) L.E. Szabó: A nyitott jövő problémája - véletlen, kauzalitás és determinizmus a fizikában (The Problem of Open Future - chance, causality, and determinism in physics), Typotex Kiadó, Budapest 2002 (The manuscript of the English edition will be available for the students in PDF form.) Chap. 4-6, 9.4-9.6 Suggested further reading: G. Hofer-Szabó, M. Rédei, L. E. Szabó: The Principle of the Common Cause, Cambridge University Press, 2013. L. E. Szabó: The Einstein--Podolsky--Rosen Argument and the Bell Inequalities, Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy (2008) L. E. Szabó: Objective probability-like things with and without objective indeterminism, Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics 38 (2007) 626–634.